On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 09:36:24PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Matthew Martin:
>
> > A while back [1] it was noted zsh's $OSTYPE is out of sync with the OS
> > version.
> >
> > 1: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=160940571013139&w=2
>
> I don't think there's a problem to solve.
>
> OSTYPE describes the operating system this instance of zsh (or bash)
> was compiled on. There are all sorts of programs that include this
> information, e.g. mutt -v.
In practice OSTYPE is used to determine the operating system on which
the script is running. For example completers will consult OSTYPE to
determine which options a utility supports; some completers will match
against the version number to further refine the completions provided.
However, there are no completers for OpenBSD which depend on the version
number at present and I at least only target -current when adding or
updating completers.
I see it as a matter of correctness, and at least one user has noticed
the discrepancy.
I would be happy to send in REVISION bump patches each -beta crank if
that's acceptable; though I also understand not wanting the churn.
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